Boston Globe - Sep 14 2008

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Clues Answers
'American Idol' alum AIKEN
'H.M.S. Pinafore' group NAVEE
'The 25th Annual __ County Spelling Bee' PUTNAM
'Witness' director WEIR
11-season Dodger KOUFAX
14-line verse SONNET
Archipelago pc. ISL
Area near Lake Wobegon PRAIRIE
Asian quarterback? HONGKONGFLUTIE
Author Fraser ANTONIA
Automaton ROBOT
Bad-tempered CROSS
Bargain seekers HAGGLERS
Be relevant APPLY
Biblical king of Tyre HIRAM
Big surprise SHOCK
Blake’s “burning bright” beast TYGER
Bleeth of 'Baywatch' YASMINE
C source ORANGE
Capacitance unit FARAD
Capek play RUR
Capital of East Timor DILI
Ceasefires TRUCES
Citizen no more EXPAT
Clownish one CUTUP
Co-star with Kate and Farrah JACLYN
Come together GEL
Cornered ATBAY
Crystal known for cracks? BILLY
Dallas sch. SMU
Denominations SECTS
Destroy UNDO
Didn’t blink STARED
Dispossession? EXORCISM
Dog food brand ALPO
Dreaded realization to a 39-year-old? FORTIETHCOMING
Drubbing ROUT
Earring locale LOBE
Earthlink rival AOL
Eensy bits TITTLES
Expensive undies deal? PANTIESFORGOLD
Fashion initials DKNY
Fine, to NASA AOK
Firewood quantities CORDS
Flooring in layers? TIEREDCARPET
Folksinger Phil OCHS
Fortunate HAPPY
Frequent HAUNT
Garrison FORT
Gets to the bottom of SOLVES
Handel subject MESSIAH
Having a rhythmic beat CADENT
Hog the mirror PREEN
Honey bunch? BEES
Impudent SASSY
Incense IRE
Insertion mark CARET
Insubstantial construction material? CARDS
Intestinal pouch CECUM
Kempt TIDY
Kentucky folk hero BOONE
Land ACREAGE
Long in the tooth AGED
Long skirts MAXIS
Luau bowlful POI
Lyonnaise ONIONY
Magic spirits JINNS
Magnate TYCOON
Make enemies of ENRAGE
Clues Answers
Mark “done” on a list CHECKOFF
Measures of meds DOSES
Movie SFX eponym FOLEY
Muncie univ. BALLST
Narrow shelves LEDGES
Nashville NFLers TITANS
November playwright MAMET
Old Oldsmobile REO
Omar of House EPPS
One-way sign ARROW
Opens wide GAPES
Pak. neighbor AFG
Paltry MERE
Passel RAFT
Pay STIPEND
Person at a Xing PED
Piquancy TANG
Polygraph victim LIAR
Pulmonary organ LUNG
Qty. AMT
Rabbit ears AERIAL
Really tired SPENT
Rhino record label ATCO
Rhône feeder AIN
Rice or Curry TIM
Rice-noodle recipe MEIFUN
Ringo’s son ZAK
Scan the Net SURF
Scattered seed SOWED
See 74 down STOMP
Sharpen HONE
Sidesteps DUCKS
Sign of spring ARIES
Singer/jeweler? VIKKICARTIER
Skimmer STRAWHAT
Sleepwear designer’s task? DRAWINGNIGHTIE
Soda-shoppe treat BANANASPLIT
Some Dockers wares KHAKIS
Some who seek out il dottore? CAPRIPATIENTS
Sotto follower VOCE
Stable EVEN
Stylus NEEDLE
Subject TOPIC
Succeed WORK
Suit component VEST
Symbols of Wales LEEKS
Tahoe, for one CHEVY
Threshold SILL
Thrice LXVII CCI
Tolkien creature ORC
Toll road PIKE
Tragedienne, e.g. ACTRESS
Trail marker BLAZE
Unfaltering STEADY
Volga valley city SAMARA
Vous et moi NOUS
Where some outfielders play INLEFT
Wild and crazy MADCAP
With 8 across, 1961 song hit BRISTOL
Without force FEEBLY
Witticism MOT
Won’t shut up YAMMERS
Young moray ELVER
__ a pistol HOTAS
“... __ saw Elba” EREI
“Makes sense” ISEE
“So help me!” BYGUM
“What __ ?” OFIT
“What’s __ for me?” INIT